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  • Advanced electrode to help remediation of stubborn new 'forever chemicals'

    Mar 27, 2023 3:00 pm by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Illinois researchers including professor Diwakar Shukla, left, professor Xiao Su, Anaira Román Santiago and Song Yin collaborated on a study that verifies that electrochemistry – rather than filtration and harmful solvents – can remove short-chain PFAS from the environment and municipal water supplies. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    Study uses electrosorption rather than filters and solvents and combines synthesis, separations testing and computer simulations to help design an electrode that can attract, capture a range of short-chain PFAS from environmental waters. 

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